Our journey at St Jude began on August 24, 2005. Cross was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma ( a central nervous system tumor) cancer that originated on his right adrenal gland.
He is cared for by a team of phenomenal health care providers led by Dr Wayne Furman at St Jude. We felt so blessed to be at St Jude at the exact time that a brand new protocol had just been approved for Neuroblastoma in the summer of 2005. Cross was actually the first child on this new protocol and received 2 different rounds of an experimental drug exclusive to St Jude. In addition the this agent, he received 13 rounds of intense 'induction' IV chemotherapy, a 12 hour surgery, stem cell harvest and transplant, 17 rounds of radiation, and 16 months of oral maintenance accutane and chemotherapy.
He is doing remarkably well ,as we continue to visit Memphis every 4 months for scans. He endures CAT scans, MIBG scans, PET scans and bone marrow biopsies at each of these follow up visits. He has been without evidence of disease for almost 3 years. He is amazingly strong and has no fears thanks to St Jude and looks forward to each and every visit.
We owe his life to God's healing hand and the wisdom of St Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
He is cared for by a team of phenomenal health care providers led by Dr Wayne Furman at St Jude. We felt so blessed to be at St Jude at the exact time that a brand new protocol had just been approved for Neuroblastoma in the summer of 2005. Cross was actually the first child on this new protocol and received 2 different rounds of an experimental drug exclusive to St Jude. In addition the this agent, he received 13 rounds of intense 'induction' IV chemotherapy, a 12 hour surgery, stem cell harvest and transplant, 17 rounds of radiation, and 16 months of oral maintenance accutane and chemotherapy.
He is doing remarkably well ,as we continue to visit Memphis every 4 months for scans. He endures CAT scans, MIBG scans, PET scans and bone marrow biopsies at each of these follow up visits. He has been without evidence of disease for almost 3 years. He is amazingly strong and has no fears thanks to St Jude and looks forward to each and every visit.
We owe his life to God's healing hand and the wisdom of St Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
One of the MANY reasons so many people give to St. Jude... they truly DO save lives... the lives of people we know and love, right here at home... Please, become a Partner In Hope... you can do it easily at KTTS.com. Thank you... from Cross and Today's KTTS.
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